Cucurbit links of interest from the Cornell vegetable group.
Smart Lab @ Cornell University
Christine Smart is a Plant Pathologist and leader of the Smart Lab at Cornell University. the lab contributes to the CucCAP Squash Team and CucCAP Extension team
Squash Disease Management
Squash Diseases Downy Mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis Phytophthora blight: Phytophthora capsici Powdery mildew: Podosphaera xanthii Virus diseases Disease Management Links Cucurbit Disease Factsheets Diagnosing and Managing Phytophthora on Squash poster Plant Disease Clinics Forecasters Field Extension Trials Extension Publications Extension and Industry Presentations Plant Disease Management Reports Production Guides Vegetable Pathology Programs
Extension Foundation Webinar | Cucurbit Downy Mildew
Managing Cucurbit Downy Mildew in Organic Systems in the Northeast by: Christine Smart of the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University shared on YouTube Continue Reading
CucCAP Extension & Outreach Team
Extension Objectives Provide readily accessible information to facilitate disease control Develop a centralized cucurbit disease website Develop and post diagnostic resources and disease control information in English and Spanish Provide disease alerts and forecasting tools Provide diagnostic and disease management assistance. Conduct Field days and demonstration plots. Extension Team Jonathan Schultheis (Team Leader) – North Carolina […]
Cucurbit Disease management
An objective of the CucCAP grant is to perform multi-location, multi-isolate trials to improve integrated disease management, assess economic impacts, and provide state-of-the art disease control recommendations. Integrated disease management team Members of the CucCAP integrated disease management team are extension and research scientists who specialize in agricultural economics, vegetable pathology, and vegetable production. Team […]
CucCAP Squash Team 2016 Annual Report
Team members: Michael Mazourek (Cornell University) Linda Beaver (University of Puerto Rico) Angela Linares (University of Puerto Rico) Chris Smart (Cornell University) Objectives: Develop common genomic approaches and tools for squash; Perform GBS analysis of PI collections, establish core populations, provide community resource for genome wide association studies (GWAS); GBS of squash, establish molecular-informed core […]
PDMR 10 – Plant Disese Management Reports for Cucurbits
PDMR, Volume 10, 2016.
Results of 2014 and 2015 field trials, Published in 2016.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumber, squash, and watermelon.
2015 Soilborne Oomycete International Conference
Genetics, Taxonomy, & Pathogen Diversity Session leader: Lina Quesada-Ocampo Development of microsatellites from whole-transcriptome sequences in Phytophthora capsici for population studies C. H. Parada-Rojas & L. M. Quesada-Ocampo Sequencing the genome of the downy mildew plant pathogen Plasmopara obducens: progress and utility M. J. Bowman, J. Chow, L. M. Cano, E. Góngora-Castillo, L. M. Quesada-Ocampo, […]
